How does the excess salt from salting roads affect the environment? Things such as bodies of water or soil quality?

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My dad is a road worker in the US and he said their dept uses beet juice too! If you’re in MD and see the pre-treatment lines on the roads before snow, chances are it’s beet juice

https://www.inverse.com/article/39632-beet-juice-melt-snow-ice